My Grand grand dad fought at the Somme battle. Lost a leg. Still did his service and always said: the British were so brave to get in. They got the mood and bravery. Be proud of your grand dads. That was a hard battle. Many brave men lost their lives. Always remember them and what they did for your country.
The guy who wrote this 9/8 pipe march, "The Battle of the Somme," Pipe Major, Willie Lawrie of the Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders was a casualty of the Somme and died after - as a result of - the battle, in 1916.
Battle of the Somme has some rather brilliant words to it now. Forget the author's name; he gave the song the name 'Someday We'll See Them,' but it seems the 'net knows it not. I find many more layers in it than just an antiwar song -- it's a song of war, yes, but of faith, even of resurrection. "Darkness is fading The day it is dawning Fields, they are empty, no workers the day Farmers and young men All of them going To battle in lands that lie far away But someday we'll see them, There on the hill side, Brothers and sons re- Turn to their hame -- Yet still my heart bleeds: The price of their young lives Their widows and sweethearts, Left sadly to mourn. The call when it came found the menfolk aye ready; Each knew the reason Or that's what they thought If then came the doubting, Still aye they stood steady Slow dyin' in cold clay and cursing their lot Yet someday we'll see them Here on the hill side Brothers and sons re- Turn to their hame. The grief in the long glen The gloom by the fireside Shall pass like a spring breeze That never has been!" (Repeat refrain)
+electrondady1............................ CORRECT............... BUT TO PUT IT A LOT BETTER, ""BAGPIPES MAKE BRAVE AND VALIANT PEOPLE; EVEN MORE BRAVE AND VALIANT..... BRAVE MEN AND WOMEN, GO TO THE BAGPIPE AND WILL MARCH TO HELL UNDER ITS INSPIRING SPELL........""
100 years ago to this day. It's a shame our last link to the war- Harry Patch, past away a few years ago. But we shall always remember and never forget.
@@driving-school he is talking about world war 1 not the war in Ukraine but may the fallen from both world wars and the men in Ukraine Rest In Peace and in harmony
My great uncle Dan was killed in the Battle of the Somme on September 15.1916.He was in a Scots regiment.His body was not found.His name is on the Thiepval Monument.🏴
New Years Eve in Auckland New Zealand 10 minute before and 10 minutes after midnight its the Pipes and Drums lound enough to waken all my Sassanach neighbours. Love this track , one of my favorites.
In remembrance of all who died 100 years ago on this day. I mourn not just for the men who died, but the widows, and those who had to grow up without a father, an older brother, or uncle. Regardless of nationality, the cream of the European youth (English in today's case) were led to die in a pointless war put forth by jingoistic emperors and leaders who only wished to try out their technologies. I forever mourn for the brave boys who died on the Somme 100 years ago today and all who died during one of the most pointless slaughters in human history. Rest easy, heroes.
@@alexanderallison480 And please don't forget about us New Zealanders and Australians who died in Europe a long way from home or our men who died in places like Gallipoli
@Andy MacKay I unfortunately missed the Scots DNA I think mines Isle of Man and British mainly with Local Maori mixed, but also thank you for acknowledging the ANZACs and no matter what our men are brothers on the field until the very end
there's so much to say about the Great War, about the battle of the Somme, about the number of casualties and about useless waste of youngman's lives. But one thing I Will never forget about this war that destroyed western Europe 100 years ago, the battle that shocked everyone Who heard of it. I Will never forget about those heroes who let their lives keep our freedom and who died and missing in the fields of the Somme and Flanders. That's why I wear a poppy every year on the dates of great battles of the war and on november 11.
Lest we forget the many men who died on both sides of the trenches they are all heroes in they're own right and deserve our ever lasting respect and memory
just imagine going over the top hearing this. walking across no man's land expecting to just walk into German trenches. to then be engaged by heavy army fire. what was meant to be a simple walk over no man's land turned into one of the bloodiest battles of the war.
My Great Great Grandfather went missing on the first day of the Somme. Fortunately, his name is on the Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme. RIP my heroic ancestor.
soldiers need nor want any attention. they do their jobs, hope to survive, return to their lives, and want little to do with death and war. that's the soldier's thought....
+jude fernandes YOU CRY AFTER BATTLE NOT WHEN YOU ARE IN BATTLE........ YOU CRY WHEN YOU ARE MORTALLY WOUNDED, FOR THE LOVED ONES YOU LAID YOUR LIFE DOWN FOR...........
@@richardsinclair9449 in my humble opinion every soldier cries during battle. you may not see it but interally everyone cries. for the horro they are a part off
@@raikbarczynski6582 I've been in battle I know what I'm talking about indeed, it is after the battle when shock sets in, some are paralysed with fear in battle... I have never seen a man or woman cry in battle, far too busy to do anything of the sort... Crapping your self on occasion yes spewing up on occasion yes but not crying, or you are definitely in the wrong place indeed...
Richard Sinclair But the people in the somme werent men and women. they were boys, some no older than13 years old. Maybe in current modern battle such sights may not be present, but in such a bloody battle, a boy walkind toward machine gun fire is a lot different to modern day tactics and battle. Maybe not all were this young, maybe not all suffered such a horrid fate, and maybe not all cried. but all suffered the unification of mental scarring of all who survived. While modern war is horrid, the age of the soldiers and awful tactics used during the period by the british in particular were dreadful. don’t complain because you fought in a later conflict, instead be glad you weren’t there, no matter how much you have seen in battle, i guarantee that these boys fighting will have seen worse. some will have cried, some will have followed orders but a good few were shot for fleeing, the youngest of witch was 13. the last recorded contact with his family, was just after he was sentenced by the court marshal for death. it was a letter to his mother, telling her that he is fine and that the was is really not as bad as lots of people say, telling her not to worry. and while writing this, a 13 year old boy, he knew that as his mother read what unknowingly to her would be his last letter. would be dead. proven to the court as underage, and shot by his own men for running from enemy machine gun fire and artillery, he was a part of battles previously too, injured twice by artillery but the last battle broke him and he fled to the country...
tune order: the Battle of the Somme by W Lawrie 8th Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders. 1btn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders entry into Crater by Willie Grieve & Heights of Dargai (sometimes called Dagsai Heights) by George Findlater VC Gordon Highlanders. all cracking good tunes.
like at other great battles of WW1 there was a lot of other young men there, besides the french, british. and others... some people might not want to remember them, but as a son of veterans from Britain, whose father and Grandfather taught me that the only winners in war were those who didn't see the front, I will post this in tribute to the fallen of BOTH sides... LEST ANYONE FORGET!!! and if anyone feels that they have to flamme me, my Grandfather was an RSM in the Boer War and WW1, so get stuffed...
Beautiful 9/8 March composed by Pipe Major William Lawrie, from West Laroch, Ballachulish, gaelic, Baile a 'Chaolais. Born May 23rd 1881 and fought in the great war. RIP
Im a German ..but the music of pipes and drums is fascinating. To me ..when I hear the old tunes…it’s like filled with braveness fearlessness and boldness… covered in shining armor walking straight to enemy lines to fight for glory …❤
This year will be the 100th anniversary of the armistice. May our hearts be with the some 30 million soldiers that died in this tragic war. Let us never forget what happened in the worst 4 years the world has ever seen so that we do not make such a mistake again.
I don't like how Germany is demonized in today's world, especially in world war 1. They weren't angry Germans, they were scared boys doing what they were told or else branded cowards and shot.
My granda was a soldier from 1914 kosb, from dundee shot at the somme, suffered 2 gas attacks ,saddly he used to spit a lot because of gas attacks 😳 died 1973, what a wonderful person he enjoyed life hardly spoke about war ,life after army service was full of fun and laughter 😃 😀
today we unveiled our memorial window in Stirling and many of our numbers stood in silent vidual throughout the night at Edinburgh Castle so I don't mind saying that the tears are now flowing from this old soldier. We will remember them. Ne Obliviscaris, Sans Peur.
May we never forget the sacrifice the many brave men gave in the name of they're country, who stepped into the fire to give the ultimate sacrifice for those who would come after, lest we forget
Pipers in the Great War earned a penny more for being pipers. As a piper, I'd rather play on the battlefield than charge with a weapon. I'd be f**ked either way, but at least I'd die doing what I love.
a shadow of war poem Where each poppy did fall does a soldier lay for each soul now passed we should pause and pray though many would be the prayers as each flower was a soul and at wars end will then list those lost by the call of the roll of battle grounds that rise and fall soldiers still rest there so at peace now with others unknown be they fallen friends or foe Past ghosts I now walk through those poppies red I feel them there but nothings is said though i sense they do then ask why of me that no future will their family and lives now see as I turned to this passing soldier though his light seemed dim i then realised i also was but a ghost and walk this path as him they are at peace their spirits would wish it to be said as to their heavenly light they must then gently tread so many comrades did walk with them that day and are such killing fields man's only way they came to fight for freedom for others,It's True! but alas to win the fight for a peace will now be left to you friend or foe they were family men and all will bear their scar as war is hell and a fight for peace is a better way by far though all may find their history and why now here you lay and of your battles end you did suffer upon that fateful day we read all those names and wonder what If of their missing life if those were not then lost by a time of war and strife we may know of their passing but know not their face these heroes side by side that now rest in this peaceful place time has not forgotten them by the rows of marble white as now they onward to a glory they walk to a heavens light we softly speak the names of those comrades that lay now at your side and are heard again on earth and will forever with you abide though not your home where you were born and by War no longer see but will regard with honour this place your Country and thus now always be .Poem by RobinGSNR
My great great grandpa fought at the somme, after the battle he survived but he had injuries so he could not server more. He died somewhere in the 60s or 70s.
They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old: Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn. At the going down of the sun and in the morning We will remember them.
God Bless those who died in WWI and thank God America and England have developed such a bond to continue to fight evil to this day. Love my British friends, together we will always persevere.
isnt it strange how the british bagpipers played this cheerful music while at the same time tress were burning and people were fighting and getting blown up? now this music sounds more ominous because of how its used.
This is the tune that George Macdonald Fraser reckoned, (in "The General danced at dawn"), was referred to as "See's the key, or I'll roar up yer lobby", a quotation I've never quite understood...can anybody elucidate?
*Historical fact time* Aha, Battle of the Somme! This retreat march was written as a penance for the 9th Scottish Division, for their cowardice in the aforementioned battle. On the first day of the Somme, the leading companies of the 26th Highland Brigade approached the outskirts of the German defences, when they gazed upon the Prussian guards marching towards them in close order; resolute and determined in their iconic bearskin hats, with muskets at the ready. They turned tail and fled, causing the whole division to eventually lose heart and break, whence upon they retreated in all directions in great disarray. Many men were lost. To this day, these "retreat marches" are used to punitively remind them that their misdeeds will be a stain on their regimental history for perpetuity. This unfortunate incident lost Britain the war; und deshalb sprechen wir heute alle Deutsch
"lost Britain the war".Nickers, pants. - Take your meds, ffs! You really do not understand. A retreat march recalls patrols to hq. Beating retreat has been a military tradition, certainly of the Scots, since 1690. As I said, stick with your meds.
